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Library and Information Services in Astronomy IV
July 2-5, 2002, Prague, Czech Republic
B. Corbin, E. Bryson, and M. Wolf (eds.)

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Table of Contents

Introduction

• Preface
  
• Conference Overview
  
• Dedication
  
• Organizing Committees
• Friends of LISA IV Committees
• Conference Sponsors
• List of Participants
  
• Welcome Address to LISA IV
  J. Plásek
• Conference Photograph
• Photos published in the Proceedings
• Additional Conference Photographs designed at Observatoire Bordeaux
• Obtaining a Print Copy of the Proceedings
• A Note from the Editor of the Electronic Proceedings

I. Changes in Libraries and Librarians' Tasks

I. A. Mastering New Roles

• CFHT's Hawaiian Starlight: Astronomical CCD Wide-Field Imaging for Public Outreach
  J.-C. Cuillandre
• The Librarian as Teacher: Instructing the Next Generation of Information-Literate Scientists at Case Western Reserve University
  W. P. Claspy
• Information Dissemination: Exploring the Librarian's Role in Public Relations
  V. Smith

I. B. Panel: Physical vs. Electronic Libraries

• Physical vs. Virtual Astronomy Libraries - Overview
  M. Cummins
• What's the Difference between a "Reading Room" and a "Library"?
  J. Holmquist
• Astronomy Library - An Endangered Species in a Small Country?
  E. Isaksson
• The Existence and Development of the Astronomical Library in the Digital Age
  K. Zhang
• Proposal for a Centralized Astronomy and Astrophysics Facility for the Universities: an Endeavour by IUCAA, Pune, India
  N. Bawdekar
• Physical vs Virtual Astronomy Libraries - Discussion
  M. Cummins

II. The Astronomy Information Network

II. A. Networking among Astronomy Librarians

• Discovering the Network and Communicating amoungst Astronomy Librarians: or Finding my Feet
  M. D. Hurn

II. B. Virtual Observatory projects

• Virtual Observatories: the Future of Astronomical Information
  P. J. Quinn
• Networking of Bibliographical Information: Lessons Learned for the Virtual Observatory
  F. Genova and D. Egret
• The Russian Virtual Observatory
  O. B. Dluzhnevskaya, O. Yu. Malkov, A. A. Kilpio, E. Yu. Kilpio, D. A. Kovaleva, and L. A. Sat
• Virtual Observatory - India: Information Support for Remote Users
  V. Alladi, C. Birdie, N. Bawdekar, A. Kembhavi, and G. Sheshadri

III. Electronic Publications: Trends, Collaborations and Models

• Electronic Journal Publishing Seven Years On: Is the Revolution Over or Just Beginning?
  E. Owens
• IoPP in 2002: Publishing Developments for the Physics Community
  T. O'Rourke
• Mergers, Acquisitions and Access: STM Publishing Today
  K. Robertson
• PASA - An Electronic-only Model for a Professional Society-owned Astronomy Journal
  M. C. Storey
  
• Observatory Publications -- Quo Vadis?
  A. Holl and M. Vargha

IV. Preservation and History of Astronomy

• The Past in the Present: Some Thoughts on the Preservation of Historical Material in Active Observatories
  P. D. Hingley
• Digital History: Problem of Creation of Resources
  Z. Uhlír
• Preserving Observatory Publications: Microfilming, Scanning... What's Next?
  D. J. Coletti
• Current and Future Holdings of the Historical Literature in the ADS
  G. Eichhorn, A. Accomazzi, C. S. Grant, M. J. Kurtz, and S. S. Murray
• YODA: The Yerkes Observatory Digital Archive
  J. A. Bausch
• Maria Mitchell's Legacy to Vassar College: Then and Now
  F. Grabowska

V. Panel: Developing Nations

• The Future of Consortia among Indian Libraries - FORSA Consortium as Forerunner?
  C. Birdie and V. Alladi
• Access to the Astronomical Literature through the NASA Astrophysics Data System from Developing Countries
  G. Eichhorn, A. Accomazzi, C. S. Grant, M. J. Kurtz, and S. S. Murray
• Offering More Information to Astronomers
  H. Guo
• Astronomical Information Services: What Can We Do When Problems become Big Problems?
  J. M. Sainz Ballesteros
  

VI. New Tools and Perspectives

VI. A. Bibliometrics

• How to Succeed in Astronomy without Having to Use a Telescope, or a Librarian's Guide to High Impact Papers
  S. Stevens-Rayburn and E. N. Bouton
• Towards an Automated Retrieval of Publications based on Telescope Observations
  U. Grothkopf and A. Treumann
• Observatory Publications and Citations
  D. R. Crabtree and E. P. Bryson
• Bibliometric Investigations at the Special Astrophysical Observatory RAS
  E. Filippova
• A Bibliometric Study to Manage a Journal Collection in an Astronomical Library: Some Results
  M. Gomez
• The NASA Astrophysics Data System: Obsolescence of Reads and Cites
  M. J. Kurtz, G. Eichhorn, A. Accomazzi, C. S. Grant, D. M. Thompson, E. H. Bohlen, and S. S. Murray
  

VI. B. New Tools, Knowledge Discovery

• Exploring Bibliographic Collections using Concept Hierarchies
  J. Mothe, D. Egret, C. Chrisment, and K. Englmeier
• Identifying the Important Papers for One Astronomical Object
  S. Lesteven and P. Dubois
• Vocabulary Mapping in the NASA ADS: Prospects for Practical Subject Access
  J. Lee and D. Dubin
  
• Navigating from Publications to Astronomical Databases
  F. Ochsenbein, C. Bertout, J. Lequeux, and F. Genova
  

VII. Astronomy Users

• The International Astronomical Union Working Group on Publishing
  M. C. Storey
• Photometry and Spectroscopy of Variable Stars using the NASA ADS and the SIMBAD Database
  M. Wolf
• Exponential Growth of Scientific Information and Orientation in World Wide Web
  T. Dorokhova
• Bibliographical Search: Keep a Critical Eye on Your Result
  P. Dubois

• Concluding Remarks: LISA Meetings, Past and Present
  B. G. Corbin
  

VIII. Posters

• Mining the Web: How Useful is the Global Public Library?
  R. Albrecht and P. B. Boyce
• Professional Astronomy without a Librarian
  H. Andernach
• The Information Resources in Arcetri Astrophysics Observatory: Between Metadata and Semantic Web
  R. Baglioni and A. Gasperini
• Analysis of the Publication Pattern of Radio Astronomers from india during 1990-2001
  S. Barve and Gopal Krishna
• Lowell Observatory Archives Image Database
  A. Beiser, P. Houlahan, E. Nettell, and A. Stone
• The Cost and the Use of Serials in Italian Astronomical Libraries
  F. Brunetti, M. Marra, E. Olostro Cirella, and L. Schiavone
• Document Delivery and Interlibrary Loan in INAF Libraries: A Proposal
  F. Brunetti and F. Martines
• The Ancient Book Collection of the Capodimonte Astronomical Observatory: Iconography Online
  I. S. Cecere, E. Olostro Cirella, and E. Stendardo
• Communicating and Networking by Astronomy Librarians
  M. Cummins and U. Grothkopf
• T-REX is not Lord but Mate in Information Land
  T. Dorokhova and N. Dorokhov
• The Historical Archive of the Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory: Antonio and Giorgio Abetti Archive
  A. Gasperini and R. Baglioni
• Annual Reports of Observatories
  U. Grothkopf and E. Bryson
• Astronomy Library in a Small Country - A Rare Species
  E. Isaksson
• The Pulkovo Observatory Library Develops Electronic Services
  N. Markova
• Investigation of Metadata Applications at Palermo Astronomical Observatory
  F. Martines and F. Morale
• A Comparative Study of the Distribution of Authors of the "Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica" with the Application of the Lotka Law
  V. Mata-Acosta and M. E. Jiménez-Fragozo
• The Argentinian Astronomers and their Resistance to Change
  E. F. Nievas
• An Astronomical Library at Large
  E. Olostro Cirella, P. Paura, M. Gargano, and M. T. Fulco
• The Capodimonte Astronomical Observatory Historical Archive: A Multipurpose Tool
  E. Olostro Cirella
• The Set of Brochures on Comets in the Pulkovo Observatory Library
  E. Potter
• Free Online Resources on Rare and Antique Books in Astronomy
  D. Randazzo
• Evolution of the AAO Library
  S. Ricketts
• Astrophysics Production in INSU until 2000: What Image is Conveyed by the Los Alamos and ADS Databases?
  N. Robert
• The Information Professional at Crossroads
  K. C. Satpathy
• The Library of Odessa Astronomical Observatory
  T. V. Shevchuk
• Educational Resources on Supernovae for Children
  J. T. Struck
• Gothard Astrophotographic Plate Library: Digitization and Archiving of the Original Plates taken by Eugen von Gothard at the End of the XIXth Century
  I. J. Vincze, I. Jankovics, and J. Kovács
  

Author Index

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